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    "id": 756373,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/756373/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 646,
        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, in supporting this Motion, my curiosity is drawn to two items. First, it is with regard to this letter that is forwarded to us. The letter is authored by the Permanent Secretary (PS), National Treasury. Last time, the Auditor-General reported that more than Kshs240 billion of all monies disbursed to counties was misused, unaccounted for or virtually lost. This House for more than four years, persistently kept on insisting to the National Treasury, especially to the PS that when a governor has gone rogue and they have not accounted for monies disbursed to them, this House should have a say in whether you should continue to disburse money to such a county without accountability. There is an interesting line on this letter by the PS. It says: “Approval by the Senate in order to operationalise monthly transfer of funds to the consolidated fund of counties.” So, the question is whether it is necessary for the Senate to give that authority, why is it not necessary in due course for Treasury to refer to this House to ensure that, that is what continues to happen? Lastly, because of the enormity of the amounts involved here, it is noteworthy that all these billions go to the counties. Let it be on record that every Senator seated here who is expected to play his role as per Article 96 of the Constitution of oversight over these funds has got any facilitation or capacity to do so---"
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